How Many People Are Named Bard?
people named Bard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,293,858 people in the US has this name
Based on 218 babies named Bard in Social Security records from 1920 to 1979, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Bárðr, which was derived from the elements baðu "battle" and friðr "peace".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bard in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bard alive today is about 64 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bard first appears in the records in 1920 and was given most often in 1970, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1979.
Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 1979
🏆 Rank History
Bard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,370, in 1947.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,370 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,949 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bard were born in California than in any other state: about 3 of those alive today.
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